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Recent Examples of motel
Authorities said Winstead's 3-month old baby drowned in a motel bathtub in Louisville on New Year's Day.
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Nicole Acosta, PEOPLE, 4 Nov. 2025
The family settled for a time in Seattle, where the couple purchased their first motel.
—Ray Sanchez, CNN Money, 2 Nov. 2025
Above ground, the Meramec Cavern complex includes a campground and a motel, in addition to a zip line, climbing wall, and riverboat tours.
—Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 30 Oct. 2025
Once the plot gets rolling and the iconic shower scene unfolds, the focus shifts to the home and motel owned by Norman Bates and his mother.
—Tiffany Acosta, AZCentral.com, 28 Oct. 2025
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Nicole Acosta, PEOPLE, 4 Nov. 2025
The family settled for a time in Seattle, where the couple purchased their first motel.
—Ray Sanchez, CNN Money, 2 Nov. 2025
Above ground, the Meramec Cavern complex includes a campground and a motel, in addition to a zip line, climbing wall, and riverboat tours.
—Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 30 Oct. 2025
Once the plot gets rolling and the iconic shower scene unfolds, the focus shifts to the home and motel owned by Norman Bates and his mother.
—Tiffany Acosta, AZCentral.com, 28 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for motel
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For example, a 2023 study in Dermatologic Surgery found that of nearly 130 med spas reviewed in the greater Chicago area, more than 80% didn’t have a doctor on-site.—
Kara Nesvig,
Allure,
11 Nov. 2025
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Its residents are more than willing to pay the $500,000 upfront membership fee plus nearly $40,000 a year to use the island’s amenities, which Eber notes include both pickleball and tennis courts, two deepwater marinas, a nine-hole golf course, a spa and a private primary school.—
Max Klaver,
Miami Herald,
11 Nov. 2025
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Each BioLife location is built to resemble a private resort rather than a clinical setting, reflecting Jones’s belief that environment plays an essential role in healing and consistency.—
Connie Etemadi,
USA Today,
6 Nov. 2025
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Green Lake County’s 19,000 residents are predominantly white, churchgoing, and Republican, many of them farming, or working at gas stations and grocery stores, restaurants and lakeside resorts.—
Jamie Thompson,
The Atlantic,
6 Nov. 2025
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The name belonged to a London area with printing shops, booksellers and cheap lodgings where impoverished writers churned out pamphlets, satires, political tracts, sensational stories and hack journalism—whatever sold.—
Deni Ellis Béchard,
Scientific American,
8 Nov. 2025
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While you’re holed up in your new lodgings, enjoy a blissful soak under the rainfall showerhead or take in the view from the glass wall in the bedroom that offers an unobscured view during leaf-peeping season and beyond.—
Lori Keong,
Architectural Digest,
6 Nov. 2025
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Up at Vail, guests soothe their muscles fireside in elegant ski-in, ski-out chalets and spas at upscale accommodations like the Four Seasons Resort and Residences.—
Lydia Price,
Travel + Leisure,
10 Nov. 2025
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Thanks to the generosity of our supporters, Selfless Love Foundation is able to offer this National Think Tank at no cost, including scholarships to cover youth’s travel and accommodations.—
Dana Perino,
FOXNews.com,
9 Nov. 2025
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Because North Dakota winters can be brutal, keep in mind that while the park itself is open 24/7, some visitor centers, roads, and campgrounds may shut down or operate on reduced hours in snowy months.—
Karthika Gupta,
Travel + Leisure,
7 Nov. 2025
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In July, trans man Noah Ruiz told Them he was assaulted and arrested at a campground after using a women’s bathroom at the instruction of the camp’s owner.—
Samantha Riedel,
Them.,
6 Nov. 2025
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Rajinikanth leads Coolie as Deva, a former labor leader who now runs a youth hostel.—
Randall Colburn,
EW.com,
1 Sep. 2025
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To further address youth housing affordability, the government will continue its Youth Hostel Scheme, which subsidizes non-governmental organizations’ renting of hotels and guesthouses for use as youth hostels.—
Dylan Butts,
CNBC,
16 Oct. 2024
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Trixie found the motor inn, built in 1953, while scrolling through Zillow, and quickly began renovations in 2020 after purchasing it—a process documented on the show Trixie Motel.—
Mae Hamilton,
AFAR Media,
23 July 2025
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Built in 1939, this is a true motor inn, with garages between the rooms for parking your car.—
Catherine Garcia,
theweek,
19 July 2024
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No longer a tourist court, the building was reconfigured into a private home.—
Ray Hanley,
Arkansas Online,
19 June 2025
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By the 1930s and ‘40’s, cottage courts (also known as tourist courts) emerged as a classier alternative to dingy cabin camps.—
Andrew Wood,
Smithsonian,
30 June 2017
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“Motel.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/motel. Accessed 2 Dec. 2025.
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